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Book Review of Sophie Kinsella’s Confession of a Shopaholic
1. Introduction
Women are always interested in making themselves look good. Looking good here means not only physically, but also characteristically. They need self
actualization in their association. Mostly, women who are older than 25 years old and have already had good jobs choose to live in urban areas. The obsession of
trying various things automatically increases. The things are, for example, social relationship, urban lifestyle, and shopping activities. When women are somehow
in a situation where they receive their paychecks and suddenly some advertisements show a fifty percent discount for all items whose deadline last in a
week, a very triggering question emerges: what are they going to do? This is a very tough
query , particularly for those who have problem in differentiating
between actual necessities and temporary desires. Most women in urban society like shopping, especially for branded items.
Famous brands, such as Chanel for bag, Cartier for bracelet, and NK Malone for sunglasses are only a few examples of successful branding. The power of brand
image can turn some people’s perception about spending money. For some women, purchasing such kinds of items is huge pride. It magically can upgrade
their self-esteem. Suddenly, they feel being high qualified to socialize and present themselves in a more sophisticated way. Nevertheless, this shopping habit
sometimes grows to be worse. This manner escalates to the level where it affects
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the subject’s financial condition. The irrational reasons for shopping are: not wasting chance on sale, purchasing addiction and other none-existence excuses.
Sophie Kinsella’s Confession of a Shopaholic is a novel that perfectly shows the
effect of having bad shopping habit . It was first published in 2001 and
written by the New York Times bestselling author. This novel tells about Rebecca Bloomwood who is portrayed as a writer and financial journalist with a problem
of an unstoppable shopping desire that leads her to serious financial problems. Rebecca’s shopping habit takes her to situation where she has to deal with some
debt collectors and the obligation to pay her credit card bills. Sophie Kinsella writes the novel in a very hilariously creative style. The story is written in a first
person point of view which is easy to follow. Sophie Kinsella’s Confession of a Shopaholic is compelling to review because it has exceptional significance of
exposing bad example of shopping habit together with its consequences. The aim of this book review is to present the description about the strengths and
weaknesses of the novel.
2. Summary of Sophie Kinsella’s Confession of a Shopaholic
